Hungary 1935-BP 2 pengo KM-513

Steve Album sale 30, lot 1294

This specimen was lot 1294 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY: Miklós Horthy, regent, 1920-1944, AR 2 pengö, 1935-BP, Tercentenary - Founding of Pazmany University, proof restrike, PCGS graded PF67 DC." The coinage of interwar Hungary is neglected and few pay attention to this commemorative two pengo honoring the tercentenary of Pazmany University. The module matches that of a French ten francs of the thirties.

Recorded mintage: 50,000.

Specification: 10 g, 0.640 fine silver, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-513.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

• 1930 5 pengö, 10th anniversary of Adm. Horthy's reign
• 1935 2 pengo Madonna
• 1935 40 pengö, 200th anniversary of the death of Francis Rakoczi
• Coins and currency dated 1935
• return to coins of Hungary